2. Fig. A contemptuous term for a woman, freq. one of slovenly or dissolute habits (Sc. 1887 Jam.). Comb. bait-yaud, a woman who gathers shellfish and the like for fishing-bait. For yule's yaud see Yule, 3. (48).
Abd. 1787 A. ShirrefsJamie and Bess 15: I own I anes had liking for the yade, But couk to think o't since she turn'd a bawd.Bwk. 1856 G. HendersonPop. Rhymes 107: Raw lads, and bait-yauds, On wi' creels, and on wi' pads.Lth. 1885 J. StratheskMore Bits 257: The auld harridan was a yammerin', yaffin', yelpin', yatterin', yad.

(3) a large variety of the common limpet (Bwk. 1885 Hist. Bwk. Nat. Club XI. 162).
Bwk. 1842 Proc. Bwk. Nat. Club. (1849) 36: Our fishermen distinguish three kinds of Limpets: viz. (1) Yawds, which have a tough leathery foot of a cream-yellow colour, and tentacula of the same colour but a shade lighter.

[O.Sc. yald, an old mare, c.1500, Mid.Eng. ȝald, a whore, O.N. jalda, a mare. Some forms have been influenced by Eng. jade, of sim. meanings but etymologically unconnected. See Jaud.]